The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining records of the veteran's reserve and guard duty, ensuring compliance with VCAA duties to assist, and providing a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded due to incomplete information about the veteran's service and potential exposure to environmental hazards. The need for an examination to determine if the current right foot issues are related to the in-service injury or pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right foot injury, cold injury to the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0500317
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right foot injury is being remanded due to the lack of medical records from the Key West Hospital, which may contain evidence of his in-service injury. The VA will attempt to obtain these records and provide an opinion on whether the current right foot problems are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran is seeking earlier effective dates for various service-connected disabilities and the award of a total rating based on individual unemployability. The case must be remanded to allow for proper VCAA notice, issuance of a Statement of the Case, and readjudication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected cold injuries to the feet and for service connection for blood clots, pulmonary emboli, and phlebitis as secondary to these conditions are being remanded due to incomplete development.
- Granted
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